medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Apparently, ca. 1800, the 13 states couldn't afford to transport stone
from Vermont or Tennessee to DC. There is a lot of geography going on
in between.
DW
Henk 't Jong wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Yeah, but couldn't they get sandstone (or other types) from somewhere
> farther off?
>
> Henk
> (no citations either)
>
> If I may dare speak, without citations but with 35 years of living in DC
> & hiking the adjacent states, DC has essentially no building stone. It
> has ever used wood, brick, & eventually cement. John is dead on.
>
> DW
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